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  1. Re:Tutorial: How to prevent ANY PC from playing it on New Copy Protection to Make Playing DVDs on a PC Difficult · · Score: 1

    Let me introduce you to my friends HD-DVD & BluRay.

  2. Re:That really sucks on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 1

    That is a seperate, although related, problem that needs to be addressed.

  3. Re:That really sucks on Hans Reiser Arrested On Suspicion of Murder · · Score: 1

    Life imprisonment is both fiscally and socially irresponsible. I don't care if I'm guilty. I'd rather have it all end then spend a decade in prison only to be released because of a mistake. Can you imagine trying to put your life together again?

    Life imprisonment is a cop out. It forces future generations (other people) to deal with your problems. Be a man, not a mouse.

  4. Re:Pirates make a superior product on Pirates Vs. Publishers · · Score: 1

    I play a cracked version of BF194 (I own it, cracked for convenience). It's installed on a dell laptop and if the battery is in the laptop instead of the CD drive, it won't load.

    Now that is a PITA.

  5. Re: self-made man on Globalization Decimating US I.T. Jobs · · Score: 1

    I didn't say it's not possible anywhere else, just that it is still possible hear, and widely acknowledged as the place to be for it to happen.

  6. Re: offshoring/outsourcing I.T. on Globalization Decimating US I.T. Jobs · · Score: 1

    America is still a place where you can be a self-made man. That's not true in much of the world. You do need to know what you are doing and how to work within the culture. Read Upton Sinclair's "The Junge" for a look at what happens when industry is forced to stay in one place.

  7. Re:In more trouble than most realize... on Globalization Decimating US I.T. Jobs · · Score: 1

    I'll preface this by saying I'm unconvinced that there is a problem with outsourcing. I've never had trouble finding a job, but I am young and still moving up the ladder, not trying to maintain my position.

    However, that routine stuff that was outsourced used to be the things that entry level people did to learn how to do the more interesting stuff. I see fewer companies willing to take on and train somebody. Even when they don't out source they wast their experienced people's time with trivial and uninteresting work.

  8. Re:Not Quite... on California Sues Automakers for Global Warming · · Score: 1

    They also aren't really familiar with the laws and customs of each place that go to and do not have the massive support infrastructure the military has in place for dependents. I'm not taking sides, just FYI.

  9. Re:i love it... on Pipeline Worm Floods AIM With Botnet Drones · · Score: 1

    he must be taking too big a bite...

  10. Re:Much simpler... on Dealing with Posture Problems? · · Score: 1
  11. Re:YES! on PC World's 25 Worst Web Sites · · Score: 1

    That site is a festering cyst on the asshole of the internet.

    I need some bleach for my brain now...

  12. Re:My Yahoo on Yahoo! Mail Beta Goes Public · · Score: 1

    all I know is it kicks my Citrix servers ass...

    Web 2.0 is going to kill terminal services (again). I'm seriously considering blocking it for my citrix users.

  13. Re:A preponderance of knowledge on Social Networking Goes Big Business · · Score: 1

    Actually all those things are fads, they just aren't played out yet.

  14. Re:I felt a great disturbance in the /., on The Death of Privacy · · Score: 1

    Those actually seem to be mostly regulations instruction people how to handle documents labeled confidential - do not distribute. Not to helpful to anybody unless you are trying to bury valid information.

  15. Re:More important de free... on Linspire Makes Click and Run Free · · Score: 1

    What would really be great would be a way to have your own branded CNR site internally with all the software your user's need. User's could then install anything they needed (the privilages should be such that only things from your CNR site will install for users).

  16. Re:How many... on The Light Bulb That Can Change the World · · Score: 2, Insightful

    because married women hate admitting they're wrong, she'll live with it rather that admit she thought it was incandescent.

    And remember it venemously forever.
    Ask my mom about the time my dad put generic cherios in a real cherio box.

  17. Re:Disposable Razor IS bad on HP Launches Ink Patent Violation Manhunt · · Score: 1

    Their last Multi-function printer was a rebranded Samsung. I'm not sure about the new model. It is nice though. It scans to a printer directly from thumb drives, scans and emails. Toner isn't too expensive. For my job they are great becasue I can plop them at a remote site and have the printer email me when the toner is low. Dell will dropship them a new one (free shipping).

  18. Re:Which side are you on? on Charter Flight Websites / Services? · · Score: 1

    In a couple years you will get a paper gown folded in with your ticket.

  19. Re:if my bill suddenly jumped to 7K? on How Not To Run a Campaign Website · · Score: 1

    Pay as you go is where it's at. I've been really happy with nearlyfreespeech.net. They recently introduced buckets of bandwidth for bandwidth intensive sites, but I haven't needed that yet.

    It's pretty amazing how little bandwidth you can use if your site is well designed.

  20. Re:hmmm, some generic info about CEO Dell's home P on Dell Reflects on 25 Years of PCs · · Score: 1

    You can actually add the security tab to windows XP home, it's fairly trivial (if you know computers). Here is just on of the many wonderful links google delivered. http://www.scottxp.com/winxp.php

  21. Re:Why you're better off with a higher sallary: on Places Rated, Skeptically · · Score: 1

    It could be worse, they could charge a 1% tax on every prepared food item to fund a damn stadium...

  22. Re:HP LaserJet 4P on Affordable Laser Printers? · · Score: 1

    I found a laserjet 4L with toner in it and two brand new toner cartridges in the dumpster when I was driving to work. I've been using it for over a year now and I still haven't used up the original cartridge. It's slow (4 ppm) and the resolution is really bad for printing maps off google and such, but I can't justify replacing it. I will probably eventually get a newer one and keep it around for the kids to print papers on. It works fine for printing coloring pages and pages to teach my kids letters. Assumming the toner doesn't clump too much with age I'm probably set for a lifetime of printing...

  23. Re:What about... on Where the Highest Paying Tech Jobs Are · · Score: 1

    I'm in Fisher's myself. It's getting too expensive so I'm being forced over to Noblesville. Don't get me started on that boondoggle of stadium/convention center, or Daylight Savings.

  24. Re:Apparent InsCo greed aside... on RFID-enabled Vehicles: Pinch My Ride · · Score: 2, Informative

    My wife just had two tests done. One was a simple test for mono. It was billed at roughly $250.00. Insurance negotiated discount was $238.00. Total amount paid by the insurance company $12.00. You can bet your ass I would have paid a hell of alot more then $12 if I was paying cash. It's so insane...

    The other test was around $1200, with the insurance company only being charged $740 or so. I payed nothing but a $20 copay out of pocket, but the very fact that the system works this way is repugnant.

  25. Re:Something wrong with $5.15 an hour? on Has Orwell's '1984' Come 22 Years Later? · · Score: 1

    Like Warren Buffet says, I want my children to have enough money to do anything, but not enough to do nothing...(Paris)...